1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup

1996-1997-1998-1999-2000

Details of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, run on Thursday March 19, 1998.

Full result

Going: Good
17 ran
Winner's time: 6m 39.5s
Winner's prize: £148,962

	*	Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer ^†	SP
1		Cool Dawn	10	Andrew Thornton	Robert Alner	25/1
2	1¾	Strong Promise	7	Norman Williamson	Geoff Hubbard	14/1
3	hd	Dorans Pride	9	Richard Dunwoody	Michael Hourigan (IRE)	9/4 fav
4	14	Senor El Betrutti	9	Carl Llewellyn	Susan Nock	33/1
5	3	Suny Bay	9	Graham Bradley	Charlie Brooks	9/1
6	4	Simply Dashing	7	Lorcan Wyer	Tim Easterby	33/1
7	1¼	Challenger du Luc	8	Chris Maude	Martin Pipe	20/1
8	2	Barton Bank	12	Adrian Maguire	David Nicholson	33/1
9	hd	Strath Royal	12	Martin Brennan	Owen Brennan	100/1
10	30	Yorkshire Gale	12	Leighton Aspell	Josh Gifford	100/1
11	6	Go Ballistic	9	Conor O'Dwyer	John O'Shea	12/1
PU	Fence 22	Couldn't Be Better	11	Dean Gallagher	Charlie Brooks	33/1
PU	Fence 19	Addington Boy	10	Brian Harding	Gordon W. Richards	12/1
Fell	Fence 17	Rough Quest	12	Mick Fitzgerald	Terry Casey	14/1
PU	Fence 7	Cyborgo	8	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe	10/1
CO	Fence 7	Indian Tracker	8	Jonothan Lower	Martin Pipe	150/1
CO	Fence 7	See More Business	8	Timmy Murphy	Paul Nicholls	11/2

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. hd = head; PU = pulled-up; CO = carried out.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Cool Dawn:

Foaled: May 11, 1988 in Ireland
Sire: Over the River; Dam: Aran Tour (Arapaho)
Owner: Dido Harding
Breeder: John C. McCarthy

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